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PART IV
UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLIES, RIOTS AND SIMILAR OFFENCES
Unlawful
18. (1) When 3 or more persons, assembled together. conduct themselves in a disorderly, intimidating, insulting or provocative assembly. manner intended or likely to cause any person reasonably to fear that the persons so assembled will commit a breach of the peace. or will by such conduct provoke other persons to commit a breach of the peace. they are an unlawful assembly. (Amended, 31 of 1970. s. 11
2) It is immaterial that the original assembly was lawful if being assembled, they conduct themselves in such a manner as aforesaid.
(3) Any person who takes part in an assembly which is an unlawful assembly by virtue of subsection (1) shall be guilty of the offence of unlawful assembly and shall be liable- (Amended, 31 of 1970, s. 11)
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 5 years;
and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $5,000 and to
imprisonment for 3 years.
12. (1) When any person taking part in an assembly which is an unlawful assembly by virtue of section 18(1) commits a breach of the peace, the-assembly is a riot and the persons assembled are riotously assembled. (Amended, 31 of 1970, s. 12)
(2) Any person who takes part in a riot shall be guilty of the offence of riot and shall be liable
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for 10 years;
and
(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of $5.000 and to
imprisonment for 5 years.
Riot.